The “Hey, Scripting Guys!” blog has been retired. There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.

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Scripting Blog [archived]

Formerly known as the "Hey, Scripting Guy!" blog

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Find Versions of SQL Server

October 29, 2015 Oct 29, 2015 10/29/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find versions of SQL Server. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to see all the versions of SQL Server I have installed? (image) Use the provider and a list of instances to look them up as if they were files in a directory: $instances = @(‘KIRK’,’SPOCK’,’...

Getting Information from the SQL Server Provider with PowerShell

October 29, 2015 Oct 29, 2015 10/29/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Guest blogger, Mike Fal, talks about using the SQL Server provider with Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. We have a new guest blogger today. Please welcome Mike Fal. Mike Fal. Mike has over 15 years of experience as a database administrator. He has worked for many different industries, including ...

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to List all Azure Subscription Websites

October 28, 2015 Oct 28, 2015 10/28/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to list all of your Azure subscription websites. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to list all the websites in my Azure subscription that are using the new preview module? (image) After you have authenticated (Add-AzureRmAccount), run: Get-AzureRmResource -ResourceType Microsoft.Web/sites (...

Use PowerShell to Scale Azure Websites

October 28, 2015 Oct 28, 2015 10/28/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Anders Wahlqvist talks about using Windows PowerShell to scale Azure websites. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have a guest post from Anders Wahlqvist. Anders is really active on Twitter—as a matter of fact, that is where we met. I saw references to his blog, read it, and found that he was a good writer and...

PowerTip: Encode String and Execute with PowerShell

October 27, 2015 Oct 27, 2015 10/27/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to encode a string into base64 and execute it with Windows PowerShell. (image) How can I encode a string into base64 and then run it via Windows PowerShell? (image) Use these commands: $string = {(Get-WindowsFeature).Where{$PSItem.Installed}}.ToString() $encodedcommand = [Convert]::ToBase64String([Text.Encoding...

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